Brookdale Greenwood Village: Respiratory Care Failures - CO
The September inspection, completed December 1, 2025, turned up a straightforward supply problem with direct consequences for residents who depend on CPAP machines and urinary catheters. Vinegar is used to clean both. None of the nursing staff interviewed could produce any.
A registered nurse said she didn't know where the vinegar was stored. She also said she didn't know what it was used for. An LPN interviewed minutes later said the same thing. A certified nurse aide was more specific — she said she would use vinegar to clean a catheter bag — but when the LPN unlocked the medication room to look, there was nothing there.
A second LPN, interviewed at 3:31 p.m., confirmed there was no vinegar at the nurses' station and none in the medication room. Her solution was to walk to the kitchen and ask the kitchen staff for some.
Four nursing staff. No vinegar. No consistent understanding of what it was for or where it belonged.
The deficiency was cited under F0695 and tagged as minimal harm or potential for actual harm, affecting a few residents. That category covers situations where the lapse hasn't yet caused documented injury but creates real risk. For a resident relying on a CPAP machine every night, or a catheter that requires regular cleaning, the gap between "we'll ask the kitchen" and proper supply management is not a small one.
Inspectors did not document whether any resident had gone without properly cleaned equipment before the survey date.
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BROOKDALE GREENWOOD VILLAGE in GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO was cited for violations during a health inspection on December 1, 2025.
None of the nursing staff interviewed could produce any.
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